Cover Letter Solicitation.pdf

U.S. Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Washington, DC 20534

May 28, 2021

Re: 15BNAS21Q00000025

All Interested Parties:

This Request for Quotation (RFQ) is to provide a training program that fulfills the requorements of the First Step Act. With the passage of the First Step Act, the BOP has been tasked with focusing on reentry initiatives, including needs assessments and correlated programming, to aid inmates in transitioning successfully into their communities. Research suggests that providing programs such as vocational rehabilitation can play a large role in assisting inmates find and maintain employment. There is a need to create a vocational rehabilitation program to assist these inmates, and based on the complexity of such a program, a study will first be required to ensure its success. Vocational rehabilitation curriculum Services are to be provided in accordance with the enclosed Statement of Work.

The following must be completed and submitted with your Quotation:

Standard Form (SF) 1449 - Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items - Please complete blocks 12,17a, 17b, 23, 24, 30a, 30b, and 30c, of the SF-1449 and the continuation sheets.

Please include your telephone number in Block 17a. Original signatures are required.

Quoter Representations and Certifications (FAR 52.212-3) - Prospective quoters are required to submit Annual Representations and Certifications at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. By submission of a quote under this solicitation, the quoter acknowledges completion of the annual representations and certifications via SAM and verifies, by the submission of the quote, that the representations and certifications currently posted in SAM were entered or updated within the last 12 months and are current, accurate, complete and applicable to this solicitation. All quoters must be capable of and comply with FAR 52.212-1(j), Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items, Unique Entity Identifier (March 2020) and FAR 52.204-7, System for Award Management(SAM) (Oct 2018).

Required Documentation Identified at Addendum to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items Government shall award on a best value trade-off basis.

Electronic copies of quotations shall be submitted via email to the Contracting Officer, Brooke Garcia, at bgarcia@bop.gov in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. Email attachments cannot exceed 14 MB per email. You will likely need to send multiple emails. Please confirm with the Contracting Officer that all emails have been received.

Quotes will not be accepted via fax or mail.

Please include SEPARATE FILE ATTACHMENTS for the following:

1. Completed SF-1449

2. Completed Technical Quotation Information packet

3. Completed Business Quotation Information packet

4. Proof of completed SAM registration (must be Active by time of award)

Quotations shall be received by Tuesday, June 15, 2021, 11:00 AM ET.

Questions shall be sent via email to the Contracting Officer noted above. All answers will be posted in writing on beta.sam.gov.

Questions will not be answered verbally or individually. Questions received after 12:00 PM ET on Friday, June 4, 2021 will not be answered.

The solicitation will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration’s Beta SAM.gov website (beta.sam.gov). Hard copies of the solicitation document will not be available. The website provides downloading instructions. All future information about this solicitation, including solicitation amendments, will be solely distributed through this website. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this website to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about this solicitation. Please direct any questions to bgarcia@bop.gov.

Sincerely, Brooke Garcia Contracting Officer mailto:bgarcia@bop.gov